Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-19
A Thrilling Romance Of the
Mississippi.
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Caufnins Of fhss day. The boal uas
originally builf for . freight eaffief
aIono. and, after few years n this
buainess. had besn remo1slsd 80 - 70
eeeommodass g few passengers. Ike
ladfar' oabin vas IN the pinoe usually
salIoE he texas, and Us appfo8ehed
fEem ne bsiier deck By vide Stair
wae. The 0narteTs allotted 20 the mele
uasaanaeFa wes q ahoKt cabin extending
Iron mfdahip forward. This cabin had
been he quarters o. The ofliesfs whils
fhe boat was q freight boat, and after
wards 9 small cabin had bsen built In
the rear % tbs deekF0om foE thsm.
"ThaFe were about dozen pasasn
reFa On the beat--aix Of them ladies'
annona them q lady With two yOunR
daughters, Who hsd been placed In my
charge. / am thus ezpiielt for ths bet
tor understanding Of the true story
/ am going - Felate.
'sTks hfnt few days Of he trip we're
pleasant enough. We passed Cairo, and
weFs below HsGphis. when my atten-
li0n vas attracted 70 psculiar appear.
ine man. In my visits 70 the ladies Of
my charge had observed this strange
Ipokine esnius, Who vas always seated |
"a sofa II the rsaf Of The cabin Ny
uftsutlon Wns more especially directed
- him b. The eemplaint Of ons Of the
LADY passengers, whe haid thai this nan
vas continually pFsseus. and, the eabln
bsluG small, he was in the way. 30 l
concluded 70 intsrview hin, and ascer-
taln, II possible. bis reason Tor haunting
the imdio1 cabin and never showing no
amenQ The male passenReFas ! asked
hfm WHARF be bad boarded the boat.
10 eaid In Bt. Louis. and that be had
bean living IN Kansas. Informed him
thas u vas against the rules Of the beat
for . man 70 take np bis quarters n the
ladies' cabin unieea accompanied By
mdy. He aaIAs 4 haIn't cot no lady,
bat have rot gsl--lsastwtss 9 niger
~! Whereapon be called little girl
who vas playing With some children
near ~.
srnkuan COUPLE.
"The child approached him very IN
willingly, a. u frightened, but be placed
his hand on her shoulder and said:
'This Il my little cal. am taking her
down South 10 sell her. ! bought her
on spec, and haye no nee foF her.
ooul& not Get what she was worth where
/ lived, % I tho1ght l would take her
down south, where niggers Ia high
"They were strange looking couple
Tho man abont forty years old, dressed
IN 9 suit Of blue jeans, well wor0, and
on his buiIet head q crimson plush cap,
fitting alnoat "a tight a. bis own scalp.
He had long. thin face, Fat-like eyes
and q nose that almost defes descFip-
ton. The child seemed 70 be about
eight years old. and small for her aee.
Hor hair was very shpFt, and looked as
II 4 had been sineed with q hot iron
and then blaskened. She had large
blue eyes AMI complexion such ~
had never ssen In my life. ID was .
DARK btawn, approaching mouse color,
something like the discoIeFstion pro-
duced By taking nitrate OF silver. She
vas dressed Ia the usual eiyle Of
farmers ehildren In the winter.
"In the afternoon, while the boat was
steering past the shores Of Arkansas, q
number OF gentlemen passengers we're
sitting forward on the boiler deck in
conversation. I noticed she Kansas
man sitting near the company and
seemingly much interested ia the talk.
Altar she party broke up be approached
me and inquired: Are you . South
efnerr I sold him | vas. He then
said that be had beard that black mig
gers we're worth q heap more than
whlia enea Ia the South, andtf he eould
aei partner that vas al right be had q
plan 10 make heap OF money. In.
formed him rather shortly thai knew
Fl no one Of ny acquaintance whom l
thoaght would like. 20 eneage IN bust
meas with him, 81 ! left him.
xnn Enkup pFacovnnED.
"TAe siatsfooa ailottsd 20 me was In
the front part Of the cabin, being one
Of The rooms originally occupied BY the
engineers, they having the room I was
In and ehe one immediately Ia She rear.
In the bulkhead, % partition, separating
The two rooms, had bean placed Q yin.
dow pane for the convenience Of the
Oti9eEs Who 0coapled The tuo rooms.
On the fnoEnins after The day that had
the talk With the 'cidevanI' negro mes-
chant ! Awake early, and tuFning oeaF
In my bifshs ny faoa came opposite the
windoW Ia the partition, ahieh, previous
70 this time, bad been closely covered
from the adioinfna room. The cover
ING vas partly displaced, leaving q small
aperture through which could zee that
The inmate Of The faoa wAa IN and
moving around, and my attention vas
aroused BY bearing the voice Of q child
In ennminQ diaaroaa, ana thea the voles
wna hnnhed, as II q hand had been
placed ever Der mouth. On looking
throneh The glass. l saw my queer 40
quntntanoa engaged 10 staining the
child from head 20 foot. She vas en- .
tirely nnda, and the operator had .
large bottle Of q DARK ooioreA faid IN
one hand, while IN the other he held q
nponRo. He pAintea her ever With sev-
eFAl coats before be vas saaaaii q With
that part Of his work. Then be took
from bis black carpet bag Q smaller hot.
tie. the contents Of which be Applied 10
her hair with brush. After ehis be
dressed The child and put her oat Of The
room, telling her 70 80 70 TIE ladies'
cabin.
Immediately after breakfast I vent
10 the captain aud told him What had
aesn and nay aeepiclona In regard 10 the
man and bis white negro. The ladies
we're Informed Of what bad taken place,
and volunteered 10 take tha child In
hand and hnd eal whaa abe could tsll
Of herself and the man in whose pos
session she wa& In the mean time I
hunted 40 Tho fellow, and Femsmhersne
the adAee. In VINO yerisas.' ! thsaehs
would ny TIE virtue % steamboat uhis.
~ " tN1~tl utt t4uE42s u Vas Aiu1T84
q hcpeless JOB, for be held the laid Ike
demtioAn and 4 made ahoaa e liltle
impression en- him - on = iag.
vitLkrSoca ernxnn.
''lie told NE his plan If hasineas.
though. Il vas thixs Where ! live /
cAn bay while integers cheap for alsnoss
nothinR; and they tsll ne that hlaek
nleeers are hi1h In The Soeth. NoW,
have discovered q wAy te blaok 'em ana
kink their heads - that No one can dis
cover II gill 80 away fFom whete ssll
EN-, and q wen't take bat q few trips
I'LL viii have haAAel az money.'
rue ladiea. viii tie a@easaanee of
the CAptain's wife. bad taken charge az
ne hltie glEl. ard. after relieving her
mind az her fpnrs-sof ahe wss Ia great
terror % the mAn-they foand thai che
had bean an tnnsa1e Of IN eFpAAa asY.
lam In kanaas and thai the nan had
takea her from The asstan Ter che ear-
poeo Of adopting Der Is his ehild. His
story Was that hs lived 10 Iowa asA
that hs and bis wife we're wishsas ehii-
dfen end waited = rise little eisi n
raiee. The httle sri. relieved q ths
proseRee 81 the man. told Z eruAt n,anE
ennaluatPe fan1R whtoA aanfa - -